Chile 1786-So DA 8 escudos
This specimen was lot 989 in Goldberg sale 46 (Beverly Hills, May 2008), where it sold for $8,250. The catalog description[1] noted,
"Chile. 8 Escudos, 1786 So-DA (Santiago). Charles III, 1759-1788. Late bust style. Draped and cuirassed bust of Charles III right. Reverse: Crowned arms, Order of Golden Fleece around. Good even strike, the obverse faintly weak, but all details complete. Satiny devices on glossy, proof-like fields. Small lamination at reverse edge, about 11 o'clock. Very Rare in this grade. Probably the finest known, and the rarest date in the series. NGC graded MS-62. Provenance: Ex Trigo Collection."
Recorded mintage: 34,000.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.901 fine gold, .784 troy oz AGW; this specimen: 27.07 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-12986, Fr-15; KM 27.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, and Larry Goldberg, Goldberg Sale 46: the Millenia Collection, Beverly Hills, CA: Ira and Larry Goldberg Auctioneers, 2008.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
- Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
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